Watching Barcelona's bike sharing system since 2007
I am all for enforcing driving laws, but this seems a bit harsh. I also wonder when they are going to start enforcing the speed and stop lights laws in Barcelona for cars and motorcycles. Every few weeks I see an accident involving scooter riders who jumped the lights. I guess bicing riders are …
TreeHugger examines the drop of bicing usage in the last year. Some interesting statistics in that article. TreeHugger: When Bike Sharing Falters (and Why We Can’t Let It): Consider the statistics. While in 2009, Barcelona added 10% more kilometers to its bike paths, trips by bike dropped 5.6% …
Yesterday bicing tried to upgrade the computer system of the stations and the website, but had to revert to the old version after discovering problems. Annoying as this is, it does not really surprise anyone dealing with computers. The news sites see it as a bigger problem though: El Pais: El fiasco …
Via HuffingtonPost.com from the Denver Post : American politicians are always good for a laugh: Republican gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes is warning voters that Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper's policies, particularly his efforts to boost bike riding, are "converting Denver into a United Nations …
ADN has an article with some statistics about bicing: As a result of the improvements, complaints and claims have fallen by 53%, with an average of 12.8 per 10,000 uses. Calls received in the service number to the subscriber have fallen by 32%. Now receive an average 29 707 per month and in 2009 was …
The London bike sharing program Barclay Cycle has a few videos up on youtube. Here is one to introduce the service:
elperiodico.com has a portal for bicing and cycling in Barcelona.
Radio show with the BBC guys and myself talking about bicing and cycling in general: BBC - BBC World Service Programmes - One Planet, 05/11/2009: “Also in this week’s show, we meet up with Barcelona resident and One Planet listener Christof Damian. He persuades Mike to get on his bike …
Mayor Boris Johnson announces plans for London bike hire scheme | Environment | guardian.co.uk: "Londoners will soon be able to hire bikes in the centre of town for short journeys, under plans announced today by the mayor, Boris Johnson. From 2010, the capital's cycle hire scheme should be open with …
El sorprendente éxito del Bicing deteriora la imagen de los ciclistasAyuntamiento y Clear Channel renegocian la contrata al alzaLa falta de mantenimiento lastra el correcto desarrollo del servicioGoogle translate: The amazing success of Bicing damaged the image of cyclists City Hall and the Clear …